The designated "Pride Match" for the 2026 FIFA World Cup will take place in Seattle, Washington, and the two teams that will play each other in it are Iran and Egypt. Unsurprisingly, this has caused a ...

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Seattle’s local organizing committee for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is moving ahead with a first-of-its-kind “Pride Match” at Lumen Field on June 26, coinciding with the city’s Pride Weekend, even though ...

With last week's FIFA World Cup draw, the 42 qualified teams and six play-off pathways learned their schedules for the expanded tournament in the U.S., Canada and Mexico this summer. And as part of ...

Both Middle Eastern countries are culturally conservative. In Iran, same-sex sexual activity can be punishable by death, and other expressions of gender and sexuality may be punished by imprisonment ...

Dec 10 (Reuters) - World Cup organisers in Seattle on Wednesday said their Pride events would go ahead as planned outside a June match in the city between Egypt and Iran despite objections from sports ...

Seattle to host Pride events despite objections from Egypt, Iran Iran, Egypt cite cultural values Seattle organisers stress Pride events will be outside the stadium Dec 10 (Reuters) - World Cup ...

Officials in Egypt and Iran are protesting the scheduling of a FIFA World Cup match between the two teams next June in Seattle, where local organizers had planned Pride festivities around the match.

Seattle plans to host a "Pride Match" during the 2026 FIFA World Cup for a game between Egypt and Iran. Both Egypt and Iran have formally objected to FIFA over the planned LGBTQ+ celebrations.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate ...

The two countries, which criminalize homosexuality and impose severe punishments for it, were picked to play on a day celebrating L.G.B.T.Q. communities. By Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi, who has ...